Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, March 19, 2024. Last Wednesday, March 13, 2024, CCRIF SPC, in collaboration with the Cayman Islands Government, the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency...
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Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, March 19, 2024. Last Wednesday, March 13, 2024, CCRIF SPC, in collaboration with the Cayman Islands Government, the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency...
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In Numbers USD 5.5 m six months (January 2024- June 2024) net funding requirements Operational Updates WFP and the Government of Saint Lucia entered a new agreement to augment the existing Caribbean...
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Update: February 21, 2024 14:00 PM (GMT-5) Between epidemiological weeks (EW) 1 and 6 of 2024, a total of 1,040,264 suspected cases of dengue were reported, resulting in a cumulative incidence of 177...
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Washington, DC, Feb. 23, 2024 (PAHO) - On February 26, 2020, Brazil recorded the first case of COVID-19 in its territory, marking the beginning of the pandemic in Latin America and the Caribbean. ...
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FRANCESCO VAROTTO, CLARA ARIZA, ROBERTO MENDEZ, NARAYA CARRASCO, SURANGA KAHANDAWA Recovery takes time. Six years after Hurricanes Irma and Maria, Antigua and Barbuda and Dominica, among other...
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Description of the disaster Since 29 December 2020, the La Soufrière volcano alert level in St. Vincent and the Grenadines was elevated due to increased volcanic activity. By 8 April 2021, the alert...
In recent decades, the small island developing state of St. Lucia has made significant strides in its development, due in no small part to major investments in its national infrastructure. Yet today,...
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REGIONAL PROFILE Countries across Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) are prone to extreme weather events and natural hazards, including drought, earthquakes, and hurricanes, that can lead to...
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WFP can provide first-time access to financial accounts and help governments do the same. This series explores how Country Offices have enabled digital financial inclusion and women’s empowerment...
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This thematic evaluation, commissioned by the Regional Bureau for Latin American and the Caribbean (RBP), examines the work carried out by the World Food Programme (WFP) in Shock-Responsive Social...
What happened, where and when? Over the last two months of 2022, as the rainy season peaked, the island of Saint Lucia experienced persistent rainfall contributing to heavily saturated soils. On 6...
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Since the introduction of the SARS-CoV-2 virus to the Americas Region in 2020, along with the circulation of respiratory viruses previously reported in the Region such as influenza and respiratory...
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HIGHLIGHTS Latin America and the Caribbean remains the second most disaster-prone region in the world, with growing numbers of people affected by such disasters as storms or floods. Between the year...
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OVERALL PROGRESS For the first six months of 2023, the Antigua and Barbuda Red Cross Society has spent substantial time on fostering a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Ministry of...
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In Numbers USD 6 m six months (November 2023- April 2024) net funding requirements, representing 51 percent of total Operational Update Following the sixth round of surveys on food security and...
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Analysis of the Regional Group on Risks, Emergencies and Disasters for Latin America and the Caribbean (REDLAC) coordinated by OCHA ROLAC As of November 2023 Key considerations The 2023 El Niño...
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USAID’s Eastern and Southern Caribbean (ESC) Mission supports the countries in the Eastern Caribbean to build their climate resilience through investments in disaster preparedness and response,...
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WFP is a leader in promoting sovereign insurance products that can offer rapid finance to affected communities in the event of major disaster. By connecting climate and disaster risk financing...
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Focusing on social protection beneficiaries, this report explores Digital Financial inclusion. The study analyzes the financial landscape and identifies barriers and opportunities to financial...
What happened, where and when? On 6 November 2022, heavy rains associated with an upper-level trough caused widespread flooding and landslides in a number of communities in the north of St Lucia...